Somaliland: Being an Account of Two Expeditions into the Far Interior

1 volume. First edition. 

Publisher green cloth with gilt vignette of author with two lion cubs

and titled gilt on the cover and on spine.

xv, 345 pages + frontispiece with tissue-guard.

[electro-engraving after a painting by E. Caldwell].

Full-page plates + in-text illustrations.

Portrait of the author + folding map at rear.

Bookplate of Frederick F. Stugis.

Library stamp from the private library of Joseph A. Sadony,

author, philosopher and newspaperman.

An excellent sporting title, this features all manner of big game

hunting in the regions southwest of Hargeisa on Peel’s first expedition,

then through the Haud and Ogaden on his second. The author’s hunting

party bagged gazelle, rhinoceros, hartebeest, lion, oryx, and lesser kudu,

as well as experiencing some hair-raising encounters with leopards.

The rhino Peel bagged was hit eleven times and severely injured a gunbearer

before finally succumbing.[Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game

Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, p.216]

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.